Foodsheds and Watersheds

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Foodsheds and Watersheds: Place and Peacebuilding in the Shenandoah Valley foodshed (culture and economy) + watershed (ecology of place) = bioregional praxis Reinhabitation: committing to the life and health of our places

“Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you” -Wendell Berry Tangly Woods Homestead personal/domestic and the political placed ecosocial networks: we always already live somewhere together ecology and economy: the study and managing of the household physiographically unique place geographically legitimate concept operative spatial unit Tangly Woods is a self-maintaining agroecosystem that meets as many of our needs as possible. This place sustains us:

prototype: models accessible and attractive infrastructure for affordable, sustainable, and safe transportation what concerns do people have about the path?

how do people envision using it: recreation or transportation?

what are concerns about the stream?

how will residents’ opinions/desires be incorporated into park design?

who has ultimate decision-making power? Brookside residents were mostly concerned about: - community safety - outside use of private park maintained by their HOA

Brookside residents were more concerned about family and park safety

People from other areas of Harrisonburg were more concerned with environmental issues

Emphasizing safety and family will be more effective with certain audiences than environmental restoration IF we more closely align our foodsheds with our watersheds through reinhabitation: cooperative ecological economies participatory decision-making place-based education regenerative conservation Then we will achieve ecological sustainability, social justice, and human well-being IF we design systems that care for the earth, care for people, and are fair Through permaculture principles resilient urban/regional planning renewable energy green building agroecology and agroforestry Then we will meet human needs while preserving ecological health IF research is relational, communicative, co-creative, and inclusive Through looking: gathering relevant information describing the situation thinking: analyzing, interpreting, theorizing acting: seeking consensus strategic planning for change implementing sustainable solutions monitoring and evaluating Then people will see dynamic ways to mutually engage issues for social transformation IF we observe and interact within context Through bioregional praxis permaculture design and action research Then we will find more appropriate and transformative solutions to complex social and ecological patterns